Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

220 Chapter 219 Sending you on your way
Yuan Tan is dead, and Yuan Shang is in his hands. Of course, this is the best result that Lin Mo finally got after half a year of preparation.

However, there is still a long way to go to truly control the Northern Kingdom.

It can even be said that this is just the first step.

Not to mention far away, it is not easy to gather the 10,000+ soldiers and horses in front of us. After all, most of them are from Yuan Tan.

Fortunately, there were three great advisers, and they worked together, and cooperated with Yuan Shang, even if there was a small-scale mutiny, the chaos would not be too outrageous.

Therefore, the first thing is to appease Yuan Shang and let him understand that being a puppet can actually be very comfortable.

General Lin Mo held it in front of and behind him, giving him what he wanted, and what he said, which gave Yuan Shang enough face.

Of course, you also have to put forward your own requirements, for example, after you have rested, let’s go to the Chinese Army’s Dazhai and say in front of everyone, Uncle Lu, you can’t leave, Beiguo needs you, and I, Yuan Shang, need you, so you can stay. Come down and help me stabilize the situation.

That's the etiquette.

As for Zhao Rui's soldiers and horses, they always have to face them. Sometimes the death of some people is to keep more people alive.

Yuan Shang is just timid, but he is not stupid. Of course he understands his current situation and can only helplessly accept the mercy of fate.

After all, life is the most important thing.

"My lord, it's necessary for us to be so servile to him, but he's just a bereaved dog." Xu Sheng couldn't stand it anymore, feeling that Lin Mo's posture was too low.

"You don't understand. Without him, we really can't sit still in the Northland." Lin Mo smiled helplessly.

Lu Bu gained a firm foothold in Xuzhou, and the Chen family and the Lu family made great contributions; Liu Ye was the first to take over the three counties of Huainan without chaos.

But once these people leave their territory, they are no different from the Yuan family. It can be said that in the entire thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, as long as you are the Yuan family, you have the ability to stabilize the situation.

This is not just because the fourth generation and third father of the Yuan family is as simple as that. For another person, it is not Yuan Shang who stands here today, but Yang Xiu, or it is not the Yuan family but the Yang family who also has the background of the fifth generation and third father. Such a thing cannot be done.

Because in addition to the four generations and the three princes, the Yuan family has another identity, the head of the world's gentry, this identity is not given by the court, but the Yuan family broke out by themselves.

There are two most typical cases. First, the scourge of the party’s imprisonment has shamed scholars all over the world, and there are countless victims. The lifting of the party’s imprisonment cannot be said to be a feat of the Yuan family, but it is undeniable that they have made great contributions. He put a lot of effort into this matter, and naturally earned the hearts of scholars all over the world.

The second is to support the young emperor's ascension to the throne. Yuan Kai promoted it as the head of civil servants in the world. In terms of reputation, the scholars in the world have reached a consensus. The Yuan family is the representative of etiquette and justice.

It is precisely because of this background that Yuan Shao can call the wind and rain in the northern country, even if the following families have conflicts due to interests, they can play a very good role in buffering and resolving.

Cao Cao in history, if it wasn't for Yuan Shao's support, he wouldn't even be able to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains.

In fact, after the battle for hegemony came, the Central Plains area was the Yuan family's sphere of influence except for the princes in a corner, and many wars were also started because of the Yuan family.

For example, the North-South alliance formed when the two Yuans fought for the world was the Cao Cao and Liu Biao Group headed by Yuan Shao, and the Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian Group headed by Yuan Shu.

Even the most valiant Jiangdong tiger can only obey Yuan Shu's command.

This is the true strength of the Yuan family.

As it is now, the influence of the Yuan family is naturally a bit weaker than it was at the height of the sun, but just like Liu Xie, with the name of the Son of Heaven on his head, he can still call on the world.

This is also the reason why Lin Mo tried his best to hold one of the Yuan family brothers hostage. It can be said that without the Yuan family brothers, even if they win the Northern Kingdom, they will not be able to sit firmly in this country.

The current Yuan Shang is as meaningful to Lin Mo as Liu Xie is to Cao Cao.

Xu Sheng was confused when he heard this, and he just smirked, "Young Master is wise, Young Master is wise."

Lin Mo didn't intend to let him, a warrior, understand this level of politics, he just hoped that he could also understand the importance of Yuan Shang from his heart.

Now, it's time to go to Dazhai to settle the affairs of Yuan Tan's subordinates. If Yuan Shang suddenly appears, it is estimated that both sides will probably fight directly. Therefore, a person with weight is needed as the first mover.

This person is of course Guo Tu.

He still has a certain right to speak in Yuan Tan's army, let him convey the news of Yuan Tan's death first, so that Zhao Rui and the others can be mentally prepared.

Lin Mo discussed with Guo Tu the detailed rules and precautions in the military tent, including how many people are Yuan Tan's loyal loyalists, how to get the Xin family brothers to contribute together, and so on.

Guo Tu enjoyed this process very much, because he could clearly feel his own importance, and he was willing to facilitate this matter for Lu Bu and Lin Mo.

Now that the three of them have nothing to bet on except Lu Bu, Lin Mo believes that they will wholeheartedly assist them.

But there is one person who is not happy, Xu You, Xu Ziyuan.

He didn't understand why Lin Mo turned a blind eye to him when he was clearly the No. Can we break the Xiajin situation?"

Lin Mo looked at Xu You in astonishment, do you know that you lost your head because of this sentence in history?

In fact, even Xu Sheng next to him was already glaring at each other and wanted to explode.

But now that the overall situation is uncertain, and it is the time when he is employing people, Lin Mo is of course unwilling to be as knowledgeable as him. He wanted to comfort him, but one person quit. He stood up and looked at Xu You contemptuously, and said coldly :

"You, Xu You, are nothing more than a mediocre man. Xia Jin's success is all due to Lord Hou's unicorn skills and amazing tricks. What are you doing?

You are so capable, how could Yuan Shao have a big defeat at Guandu, Lord Hou doesn't care as much as you do because he has a lot of adults, but with me here, don't try to be presumptuous! "

It was Guo Tu, he was bossy and domineering.

If it was Xu Shu, Jia Xu, Chen Gong, or even Chen Deng Lusu standing here today, he would weigh up how to speak.

But it's you, Xu You, Guo Tu is very familiar with dealing with this group of people.

"You" Xu You was a little dumbfounded.

Facing the trial match, Tian Feng, and even Jushou, Xu You was able to deal with it eloquently, but facing Guo Tu, he was somewhat overwhelmed.

Because the other party is not talking to you on the logic of a matter, he is pointing at you on the basis of his own point of view, which is simply unreasonable.

"Sir, I will remember your great achievements, but the current situation is unstable, so let's get down to business first." Lin Mo waved his hands, his face was unhappy, and his heart was full of happiness. Guo Tu can be of great use.

Xu You seemed to have some natural fear of Guo Tu, so he didn't continue to pester him, and watched him and Lin Mo walk out of the tent of the Chinese army.

"Hou Ye, Xu You is arrogant and arrogant, that's why Yuan Shao abandoned him like a shoestring before he was alive. Hou Ye needs to relax and not care about him."

Guo Tu is very smart, he is trying to test Lin Mo's attitude towards Xu You, so as to decide the extent of his attack in the future.

After all, they had entangled relationships in the past, and it was impossible for them to stick together like they did with the Xin family brothers.

Lin Mo just nodded and said nothing.

Guo Tu continued: "There is one more person, I feel that if he is alive, it may affect Lord Hou's plan."

"Examination?" Lin Mo stopped in his tracks.

"When I was in Dazhai just now, I saw him being imprisoned in the tent by the soldiers. If Marquis Wen supports Yuan Shang, then he should be released, but this man is loyal to Yuan Shang. If he is alive, he will definitely try to rescue him. "Guo Tu has been out here for so long, relying on three things: lack of loyalty, betrayal of his brothers and good tongue.

He had just joined Lu Bu's command, so of course he had to sell a few more of his former brothers.

"It's really thanks to your reminder, I almost forgot him, but I'm afraid it's not easy to do it now."

Lin Mo rubbed his chin with a look of embarrassment. It is probably not realistic for a person who can shout that my lord is in the north not to let me die in the south. It is probably not realistic to want him to submit to him.

The problem is that if you want to hold Yuan Shang hostage, you should not be able to kill the judge. This is the same as Cao Cao holding Liu Xie hostage, knowing that Dong Cheng and his group have evil intentions but not easy to do it.

"Oh, I almost forgot, this man is too spineless, he would rather die than be a prisoner, so he hanged himself in the camp, what do you think, Lord Hou?" Guo Tu asked with a smile.

"Hanged himself?"

Lin Mo had a look of regret, "Oh, the trial match is a hero of the Northern Kingdom, but it ended in a dismal end. It's a pity, a pity."

"Master Hou, don't be sad. There is a spirit in the trial and match, and I will also feel that in the next life, you must remember to serve Lord Hou in order to die well." After a few words of reassurance, Guo Tu rode on a fast horse and led a team of guards. He galloped in the direction of the Chinese Army Dazhai.

After a fierce battle all night, Lu Bu's casualties were not light. More than 300 people were killed, [-] were seriously injured, and [-] were slightly injured. The casualties were almost half.

However, Lu Bu was not too surprised by this. After all, the opponent was prepared to fight, and the combat effectiveness of the group of soldiers he brought, except for the Bingzhou Wolf Rider, was really broken.

After he had settled all the wounded and the sergeants had packed up what needed to be done, he was ready to set off for the ferry. After all, Zhao Rui was getting impatient.

Then, Guo Tu arrived.

If he hadn't seen him carrying Yuan Tan's body back, Zhao Rui wouldn't have believed it. Yuan Shang was clearly defeated, so how could he kill Yuan Tan?
After some analysis by Guo Tu, it turned out that Yuan Shang was too cunning. He deliberately attracted the young master to Yunluo Valley. All the snot came out.

"My lord has treated me with great kindness and righteousness, even if I risk my life today, I will avenge my lord!" Zhao Rui's eyes were scarlet, and he raised his gun and shouted angrily.

"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!" Following Zhao Rui's yell, at first hundreds of people were shouting, but slowly it became thousands, thousands, and finally everyone in the entire army camp was shouting for revenge. To avenge Yuan Tan.

Of course Lu Bu understood that this was not because Yuan Tan's cohesion was strong enough to make the whole army work for him, but because after his death, Zhao Rui became the leader of the team.

Even though he is just a warrior, and even though he will definitely not be able to lead this team in the future, everyone has a herd mentality, and it seems that the people in front shouted and the back didn't shout out of the group.

If it doesn't work out, someone will have his head picked off and he will be called a traitor.

However, Lu Bu could roughly judge that among the more than 2 people, at least one thousand people are truly loyal to Yuan Tan, which is already very good.

"Brothers, follow me to Yunluogu!"

"kill!"

Just when he was about to take action, Guo Tu hurriedly stopped in front of Zhao Rui, "General, you don't have to worry too far. When I came back, I saw Yuan Shang leading his troops. I think they will arrive in a short time. The general can wait to work and defeat the enemy." !"

When Zhao Rui heard this, he instinctively wanted to send someone back to the camp to move troops, but then he thought that it might not be useful for others to go, and what if Yuan Shang arrived by himself, so he gave up this idea after much deliberation.

I have more than 2 people on hand, and there are still over 5000 people brought by Han Ju, which adds up to [-]. Even if [-] people are taken to guard the prisoners, it is enough to eat Yuan Shang!

As for Lu Bu and Zhao Rui, he glanced at him and didn't say anything. Of course he understood that Lu Bu couldn't take his own people to fight for Yuan Tan's revenge, but he didn't want to help Yuan Shang. Deadly enemy.

Don't expect him to help, as long as he doesn't intervene in the end.

Zhao Rui quickly summoned the Marquis, Sima and Captain of the Battalion to assign combat missions.

Yuan Shang came here, most likely because he wanted to take the opportunity to persuade him to surrender, Zhao Rui planned to wait for his men to arrive, and he must not give him a chance to persuade him to surrender and shake the morale of the army.

Therefore, he wanted to drag all 3 people outside the military camp.

What made him a little confused was that Lu Bu was also mobilizing more than ten thousand people on hand to prepare to leave the army camp, and they were standing on the flanks, looking like they were going to be a melon-eating crowd.

"Could Marquis Wen want to help Yuan Shang?" Zhao Ruize immediately asked.

"Don't worry, general, my nephew Xian Si has a deep friendship with me, how can I bear to kill his people when his bones are still cold.

I stay here just not to let Yuan Shang misunderstand, and to express my position of not helping each other. "Lu Bu's explanation is also reasonable, Zhao Rui didn't ask any more questions, he still believed in Lu Bu.

As the team filed out, Guo Tu also walked towards the prison camp with his personal guards.

The so-called prisoner camp is actually nothing more than driving the captured soldiers to a corner and blocking them with fences.

But even the captives have a strict hierarchy. There are a bunch of ordinary sergeants, military lords, Sima, captains and even generals, all of which have special detention places.

The power to supervise the army, such as trial and assignment, is equivalent to that of a general, so they are naturally detained in an exclusive single-person camp.

Fortunately, all the guards were Yuan Tanjun's own people, and no one stopped Guo Tu.

The moment he saw Guo Tu, the judge, who was wearing a Confucian robe, with disheveled hair and blood stains on his face, spat, "Thief, I thought about the overall situation in Ye City and saved your life, which led to today's tragedy. I can't wait to cut you into pieces!"

The trial match really regretted not attacking Guo Tu at that time. If this guy hadn't run to Yuan Tan's side and announced that he and Pang Ji had tampered with Yuan Shao's last words, Yuan Tan would not have the power to fight at all.

This matter has always been brooding in the trial and match.

"It's said that when a person is about to die, his words are good. If you talk about yourself, why are you still talking nonsense?"

Guo Tu turned his face to the judge, gave a cold snort, and issued the winner's declaration: "No matter what, I want to get to know each other, so I will let you say a few last words."

(End of this chapter)